Moby Dick (1851)

1. 180
   De zeewolf door Jack London (wvlibrarydude)
2. 170
   Het hart van de zee - Het verhaal begint waar Melvilles Moby Dick eindigt door Nathaniel Philbrick (jseger9000)

   jseger9000: In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex tells the true story that inspired Melville to write Moby Dick.

3. 100
   Toean Jim door Joseph Conrad (_eskarina)
4. 80
   Twee jaar voor de mast door Richard Henry Jr. Dana (knownever)

   knownever: A more enjoyable, shorter, and less allegorical story of sailing life, although there aren't any whales. The author of this one kind of looks down on whalers. All together a more jaunty sea tale.

5. 70
   Het reisverhaal van Arthur Gordon Pym door Edgar Allan Poe (caflores)
6. 61
   De oude man en de zee door Ernest Hemingway (caflores)
7. 50
   The Whale: In Search of the Giants of the Sea door Philip Hoare (chrisharpe, John_Vaughan)
8. 40
   The Wreck of the Whaleship Essex door Owen Chase (meggyweg)
9. 62
   De maskerade the confidence-man door Herman Melville (GaryPatella)

   GaryPatella: Compared to Moby Dick, The Confidence Man is a much lighter read. But after ploughing through Moby Dick, this may be a welcome change. It is not as profound, but you also don't have to struggle through any of it. This is worth reading.

10. 30
    Billy Budd, Bartleby, and Other Stories door Herman Melville (chwiggy)
11. 41
    Why Read Moby-Dick? door Nathaniel Philbrick (John_Vaughan)
12. 31
    Genoa: A Telling of Wonders door Paul Metcalf (alaskayo)

    alaskayo: Melville's heir struggles to close his relationship to his preceding literary genius. Click the link above, read what you can, and get yourself hooked on one of the most critically-adored yet criminally-underread novels written in a century defined by self-analysis and experimentation.… (meer)

13. 64
    De Sophie door Patrick O'Brian (caflores)

    caflores: Para amantes del lenguaje náutico y de las descripciones detalladas.

14. 53
    Ahab's Wife door Sena Jeter Naslund (ecleirs24, AriadneAranea)

    ecleirs24: Cause this novel is based upon a passage from Mobi Dick......

15. 21
    Railsea door China Miéville (Longshanks)

    Longshanks: An imaginative, affectionate pastiche of the novel's themes, imagery, and characters.

16. 43
    The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays door Albert Camus (WilfGehlen)

    WilfGehlen: Camus was greatly influenced by Melville and in The Myth of Sisyphus mentions Moby-Dick as a truly absurd work. Reading Moby-Dick with Camus' absurd in mind gives a deeper, and very different insight than provided by the usual emphasis on Ahab's quest for revenge.… (meer)

17. 11
    Petroleum door Upton Sinclair (edwinbcn)
18. 11
    De oude zeekaart door Arturo Pérez-Reverte (Ronoc)
19. 11
    The Last Fish Tale door Mark Kurlansky (John_Vaughan)
20. 33
    Absalom, Absalom! door William Faulkner (ateolf)

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